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It was my turn to stand at the foremast-head; and with my shouldersleaning against the slackened royal shrouds, to and fro I idly swayed inwhat seemed an enchanted air. No resolution could withstand it; in thatdreamy mood losing all consciousness, at last my soul went out of mybody; though my body still continued to sway as a pendulum will, longafter the power which first moved it is withdrawn.

Ere forgetfulness altogether came over me, I had noticed that the seamenat the main and mizzen-mast-heads were already drowsy. So that at lastall three of us lifelessly swung from the spars, and for every swingthat we made there was a nod from below from the slumbering helmsman.The waves, too, nodded their indolent crests; and across the wide tranceof the sea, east nodded to west, and the sun over all.